In Japan, the J1 YBC Levain Cup was won by Sanfrecce Hiroshima, coached by German coach Michael Skibbe, who worked in Turkey in the past.
Cerezo Osaka and Sanfrecce Hiroshima faced off in the J1 Cup final played at the Japan National Stadium in the capital Tokyo.
The first half of the match ended in a goalless draw. Cerezo Osaka took the lead 1-0 with Kaito Mutsuki’s goal in the 53rd minute of the match.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima, 90+6 and 90+11. He won the match 2-1 with the goals scored by Pieros Sotiriou in the second minute and became the owner of the trophy.
On the other hand, a minute’s silence was held before the match for Kudo Masato, the former forward of the Japan National Football Team “Samurai Blue”, who died at the age of 32.
Kudo, who also wore the Sanfrecce Hiroshima jersey for a while, was hospitalized at the beginning of the month with the diagnosis of water collection in the cerebral ventricles.